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Get a Grant to Improve Walk/Bike to School Options for Kids

Have an idea for getting more kids to walk and bike to school? Maybe it’s getting crosswalk flags, starting a student safety patrol program, pulling together a Walk to School Day event (which you now have a full year to plan 😉), painting an intersection, or organizing a walking school bus or bike train program. […]

Pedestrian Safety Improvements on 5th Ave NE

Late 2017/early 2018 SDOT is making safety enhancements on 5th Ave NE between NE 115th St and NE 127th St to reduce crashes and make it easier to walk and bike in the Pinehurst neighborhood. This Vision Zero spot improvement project is part of SDOT’s plan to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city […]

Update on Safety Improvement Work in Pinehurst

A few weeks ago, Pinehurst Community Council invited Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to have a table at the upcoming Pinehurstfest so they can share their progress on the safety improvement work with the Pinehurst neighbours.

We just received a reply from SDOT. Brian Dougherty, in charge of Pedestrian and Neighbourhood Projects, regretfully turned down […]

Crime and Safety Meeting August 31

Want to learn about personal safety, Safe Routes to School, the Find It Fix It app, meet our new SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator Mary Amberg (looks like the new title is Outreach Coordinator) and more? Attend the next Lake City Community Conversation.

Wednesday, August 31st from 6-7:30 PM at the Lake City Community Center.

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Pinehurst Pedestrian Safety Group

Thanks to everybody who came out to the Pinehurst Community Council meeting on Tuesday!

For those who couldn’t make it, we spent a good portion of the time discussing pedestrian safety improvements around Pinehurst, particularly around the new Hazel Wolf K-8 school.

At the meeting, people shared lots of ideas about specific spots that need […]

Let’s Make Pinehurst Streets Safer!

Do you want safe streets in Pinehurst? It is time for us to take action.

The new Hazel Wolf K-8 school, located at NE 117th and Pinehurst Way NE, is scheduled to open this September. Students, faculty members and parents will be walking to the school. Others will be arriving by bus. Or by car.

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School Traffic Safety Committee Seeks Members

The Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee is accepting applications for new members to help make walking and biking to school in Seattle safer and easier. The volunteer board was created by the Seattle City Council in 1975 to improve traffic safety for all of Seattle’s school children. It advises the Mayor and City Council with […]

Safe Routes to Pinehurst School

The SEPA checklist for proposed road changes around Pinehurst School has been released. The roadways around the new school will be re-channelized as follows if the project proposal is accepted:

– In the north portion on 15th Ave NE between NE 125th and NE 123rd Streets there will be one general purpose travel lane […]

Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Project Meetings

Save the date: The next Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Project meeting will be in January 2015 when design alternatives will be presented:

Tuesday, January 27 from 6:30-8:00 PM Wednesday, January 28 from 4:00-5:30 PM

Meetings will be held at the Pinehurst Shelter House, 12029 14th Ave NE

There is […]

Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Meetings!

There has been a lot of talk about the new school being constructed on the site of the current Pinehurst school. People have had a lot of ideas for improvements that need to be made in the area and this is a good opportunity to share you ideas on how to make our neighborhood a […]